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No. 313,173. Patented Mar. 3, 1885.

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Urir'rnn Baratas Barnier @tirreno JAMES E. CANTRILL, OE GEORGETOWN, KY., ASSIGNUR E TVVO-THIRDS TO JHN E. VELLNG AND J USTICE WEBB, BOTH OF SAME PLAGE.

STCK-CAR SDECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 313,173, dated March 3, 1385.

Application filed October 11, 1884.

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Be it known that I, J Aims E. GANTRILL, of Georgetown, in the county of Scott and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stock-Cars, and IA do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,

IO reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, and in which- Figure l is a perspective view of my improved stoek-car. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal Fig. 3 is a crosssection. Fig. 4 is a perspective detail view ot' the device for securing the partitions. Fig. 5 is a similar view of the feed and water bucket, and Figs. 6 and 7 are a perspective and a sectional view, respectively, of the feed-spout and its cut-off.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the iigures.

My invention has relation to that class of stock-cars for railways in which the stock may be fed and watered while being transported;

and it consists in the improved construction,

combination, and arrangement of parts of the same, as hereinafter more fully described and 3o claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A indicates the body of the car, which is ot' the usual construction, and which is provided with the usual open slat sides, B, having doors C at the middles of the sides in the usual manner. Flat rails or bars D and E are secured along the top and floor ofthe car at each side of the same, being secured to the sides of the car a short distance from the saine, 4o and the upper edge of the upper bar, D, is either plain and smooth or is formed with a number ot' equidistant notches, F, while the lower edge of the lower bar, E, is either plain and smooth or has a number of notches, G, the said notches registering with each other. The ends of the rails are reduced at one end of the car, as shown at H, serving to allow the doubled flanges l of slides J to be slipped over the said reduced ends, the said doubled 5o anges fitting over the edges of the rails upon (No model.)

the outer sides of the same. The upper flanges of the upper slides and the lower flanges of the lower slides are cut away to form dat hooks K, corresponding in width and in their relative distance to the distances between and l 5 5 width of the notches in the edges of' the rails, so that when the slides are drawn toward each other the said-flat hooks will engage the notches in the edges of the rails when notched rails are used, and be prevented from sliding upon the same. The lower flanges of the upper slides and the upper iianges ot' the lower slides are provided with eyes L, and snaphooks M are hooked into the eyes of the lower slides, which snaphooks are attached to the 65 lower ends of the strips N, to which the ends of the flexible partitions O are secured, and the upper ends ot' these strips are secured at their upper ends to swiveled eyes P, the shanks of which are swiveled in the lower ends of 7o stirrups Q, which have female screw-threaded perforations R in their upper ends, into which peit'orations the threaded Shanks of snaphooks S fit and turn, the said snap-hooks being hooked into the eyes of the upper slides. In this manner it will be seen that the slides, and the partitions with them, may be slid along in the car by loosening the stirrups upon the threaded Shanks ot' the snap-hooks, and the slides and partitions may be adjusted by again 8o tightening the stirrups, which will draw the slides together, engaging and holding fast to the rails, whether smooth or notched, with their flat hooks, and it will be seen that as the animals bear against the partitions they will 8 5 draw upon the strips, snap-hooks, and stirrups, drawing the slides together, and thus holding them firmly engaged on the rails. At the doors the rails are preferably out away, and loose rail-pieces T are bolted at their ends 9o to the ends of the rails, so that they may be removed, and prevented from obstructing the free passage through the doors.

The partitions maybe made of canvas,leath er, netting, or any other suitable material, 9 5 and should be of sufficient height from the door and a sufficient distance from the root' of the car to allow perfectly free ventilation, while at the same time they should be of sufficient width to prevent the animals from reachroo ing each other and injuring each other by bites or kicks. Slides U fit upon the slats of the sides of the car, and are formed with a hooked or doubled flange, V, at their upper edges, which may hook over the upper edge ofthe slat, while the lower edges, Vf, of the out.

slides are bent outward at a right angle, projecting out under the lower edge of the slat, and rings X are secured to the inner sides of the slides, and serve to support the feed and water buckets Y, which may be of any desired construction. A water-tank, Z, preferably of a flat rectangular shape, is attached to that end of the car which is not provided with the brake mechanism, and is formed with an aperture, A', at its top, through which the water may be filled from the usual water-cranes used for filling the feed-water for the locomotives upon the road, while the bottom of the tank has outlet-apertures provided with dexible hose B', one for each side of the car,th rough which the water may be distributed to the several buckets through the openings between the slats of the sides ofthe car. The lower edges of the sides of the car have narrow platforms C' secured to thennwhich platforms areshown hinged in the drawings, capable of beingfolded up upon the sides ofthe car, and for the purpose of supporting the said platforms when folded down transverse bars D' are secured upon the under sides of the same, projecting with their ends beyond the hinge edges of the platforms, which projecting ends will bear against the bottom of the car when the platforms are folded down, and prevent it from being tilted farther down. Two rods or rails, E' E', are secured parallel with the upper edges ofthe sides of the car upon the roof of the same, and a hook, F', secured to the upper end of a flexible chute, G', slides upon these rods, the lower end of the chute being provided with a month-piece, H', provided with a cut-off, and the feed for the animals in the car may be filled into the chute and be filled intor the buckets through the mouthpiece inserted 'between the slats of the sides by aperson standing upon the platform at the side ofthe car, the water-hose being handled in the same manner, the platforms being of a sufficient width to lallow a person to pass along the sides ofthe car, supporting himself by holding to the slats. The mouth-piece of the chute has a cutoffslide, l', sliding through a slot, J', in the side of the month-piece; and the said slide is secured to the lower end of a fiat spring, K', which serves to force it inward, while it may be drawn outward by means of a bell-crankshaped bail, L', which is fulcrumed at the sides kof the mouth-piece near one end, the longer end of the bail serving as a handle, which may be forced in against the side of the mouth-piece when the slide is to be drawn A boX or receptacle, M', is secured under the bottom of the car, between the wheels or trucks of the same, serving to receive the partitions, buckets, slides, hose, land chutes when the car is not used as a stoclrcar, the

said box having doors N' at its sides', giving admittance to its interior.

Vhen the car is to be loaded, the slides are placed upon the rails by placing the fianges and flat hooks in the cut-out parts of the rails at their ends. Vhen an animal is admitted through one of the doors at the side of the car, a partition is secured by its snap-hooks to the slides, and the partit-ion and slides are carried along the rails until the animal is confined in its proper place, the feed-bucket having been placed upon' a slat at the side where the head ot' the animal is to be, the partition preventing the animal from harming the persons engaged in loading by reason of the flat Yhooks being drawn to engage the rails when the animal forces itself against the partition, which will draw upon the strips, and thus draw the slides toward each other. Vhen the partition has reached the position in which it is desired to fasten the hooks, the stirrup is T screwed up upon the threaded shank of the upper snap-hook, drawing the hooks firmly on the rails, another animal may be let into the car, and secured by another partition pnt in place in the same manner, the leed-buckets being preferably placed alternately upon opposite sides of t-he ear, and consequently the heads of the animals being alternately pointed in opposite directions, by which arrangement space is econoinized, and freer play allowed for the heads of the animals without any danger of the animals injuring each other. It will thus be seen that the animals may be safely secured in Ithe car beyond any possibility of one injuring the other, and that they may be fed and watered without any necessity for the attendants to enter the car; and it follows that the animals may be allowed as much space as desired by decreasing the number of roo gitudinal rails secured at the top and bottom of the car, parallel with the sides ofthe same, said rails being plain and smooth or having notches respectively in their upper and lower edges, with slides traveling upon the rails, and having hooks engaging the rails or the notches in the same, and partitions secured between the said slides, as and for the purpose shown and set forth.

2. rIhe combination, in a stock-car, of longitudinal rails secured parallel with the upper and lower edges of the sides of the car, and being either plain and smooth or having notches respectively in their upper and lower edges, flanged slides traveling upon the rails,

and having hooks engaging the said rails or perforations at their upper ends, and snaphooks engaging eyes upon the upper slides, and having screw-threaded shanks fitting in the threaded perforations in the stirrups, as and for the purposes shown and set forth.

8. In a stock-car, the combination of longitudinal rails secured parallel with the upper and lower edges of the sides of the car, and having the edges at one end cutaway to form a reduced portion, with slides traveling upon the said rails, and having bent fianges clamping over the edges of therails, the said flanges being of the same width as the cutout portions of the rails, as and for the purpose shown and set forth.

4. The supports for the removable feed and water buckets, consisting of the bucket-supporting rings, and the plate having its upper edge doubled to form a fiat hook, and having its lower edge bent at a right angle, in a stookcar having Slat sides, as and for the purpose shown and set forth.

5. The combination, with Athe longitudinal slats in the sides of a stock-oar, of the bucketsupport consisting of a plate having its upper edge bent to form a fiat hook, and having its lower edge bent out at a right angle, and provided upon its inner side with means for the attachment of the bucket, as and for the purpose shown and set forth.

6. A stock -car having removable waterbuckets arranged along the insides of its sides, having narrow platforms along the lower edges of its sides,- and having a water tank or receptacle at one end, provided with hose reaching along each side of the car, constructed and arranged as and for the purpose shown and set forth.

7. The combination, in a stookcarq of the car-body having open slat sides, with a platform hinged at its inner edge to the lower edge of the side of the ear, and provided with transverse bars secured upon its under side, and having their inner ends projecting beyond the hinge-edge of the platform, bearing against the bottom of the car when the platform is folded down, as and for the purpose shown and set forth.

8. The combination7 ina stock-car, of the body of the car having partly-open sides, platforms secured at the lower edges of the sides, feedreceptacles attached to the inner sides of the car, longitudinal rods secured at the edges ofthe roof of the car at a distance from the same, and a liexible chute having a hook at its upper end traveling upon the rails at the top of' the car, and provided at its lower end with a mouth-piece having a cutoff slide, as and for the purpose shown and set forth.

9. The combination of the mouth-piece having a slot in one side, near its end, and formed with pivots at two of its sides, a spring secured to the upper portion of the slotted side, a slide fitting in the slot and attached to the lower end of the spring, and a bell-crankshaped bail having its fulcrum upon the pivots at the sides of the mouth-piece, bearing with its short end against the inner side ofthe lower end of the spring, and having its longer end projecting out, forming a handle, as and for the purpose shown and set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereunto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES E. CANIRILL.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM T. SHEPARD, T. H. GoDnY. 

